Beginning in late 1940, over three thousand Jewish girls and young women were forced from their family homes in Sosnowiec, Poland, and its surrounding towns to worksites in the Sudetenland, in today’s Czech Republic. Believing that they were helping their families to survive, these young people were thrust into a world where they laboured at […]
Spring Songbirds Workshop Portland, 7–11 a.m. Instructor Bio Derek Lovitch has made a career out of his lifelong passion for birds. After graduating with a degree in environmental policy from Rutgers University, he worked in avian research and education projects in nine states, from New Jersey to Hawaii, Florida to Michigan. He also spent three summers […]
The Landmark Trust USA (LTUSA) invites the community to learn more about one of our region’s most distinctive architectural typologies, one that many northern New Englanders call home: the connected farm building. On Tuesday, May 14, at 7 p.m., LTUSA will host noted scholar and vernacular architecture historian Thomas C. Hubka to speak on his […]
Join Derek J. Lovitch, editor of Birdwatching in Maine: The Complete Site Guide, in person July 11th at the Jay-Niles Memorial Library. About the Book With over 470 species of birds recorded, Maine offers an abundance of birding opportunities for people of all levels of interest and experience, from those looking beyond their backyards […]
Prof. Thomas Hubka, author of Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England, will present a lively, richly illustrated presentation on Thursday, May 16. Admission is free; donations accepted. Big House Little House has “the suspense of a detective story and at times the poignance of deeply felt, sympathetic, […]
Join us on Zoom for a special webinar with Dr. Caren Irr, Kevy and Hortense Kaiserman Professor in the Humanities at Brandeis University and of editor of Environmental Futures: An International […]
Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field A conversation with Sivan Zakai (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) and Matt Reingold (TanenbaumCHAT), editors of Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy […]
Rangeley Birding Workshop Instructor Bio Derek Lovitch has made a career out of his lifelong passion for birds. After graduating with a degree in environmental policy from Rutgers University, he […]
Jehuda Reinharz, Brandeis University President Emeritus, and Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History, will lead a virtual course on how and why the state of Israel was formed. What […]
JWA Book Talks offer conversations with authors at the intersection of gender, history, and Jewish culture. Join us on Thursday, June 27, at 8PM ET for a discussion with Yaëlle […]
Summer Shorebirds Workshop Scarborough to Biddeford, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Instructor Bio Derek Lovitch has made a career out of his lifelong passion for birds. After graduating with a degree in […]
Join climate activists Luisa Neubauer and Sabine von Mering for a conversation with Beth Daley about Neubauer's recent book Beginning to End the Climate Crisis: A History of Our Future, translated […]
Join author and investigative journalist Diane Dimond on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at the Edison Public Library in Edison, NJ, to learn more about the state-run guardianship/conservatory system and ways to […]
Join Diane Dimond and Sarah Boonin for a conversation about Dimond's recent book, We're Here to Help: When Guardianship Goes Wrong. Where: Sargent Hall, 120 Tremont Street, 5th Floor Commons, Boston […]
Join Carter Alan (Radio Free Boston and The Decibel Diaries) and other iconic WBCN personalities on Sunday, October 20th at 11:00am for a roundtable conversation at City Winery. From City […]